Liverpool's record in delivering trophies is simply not good enough for such a big club.

Who says?

Their very own midfield leader James Milner , who has revealed his frustration and disappointment at a failure to deliver the honours the team has come close to winning in recent years.

Milner is a blunt-talking Yorkshireman, and he didn’t hold back as he admitted even the young team he so proudly leads has simply not been good enough in the three finals they have reached since 2016. And as they aim for two more trophies in what remains a massively impressive season so far, he has called for the Reds to put that record straight.

“You know, it’s been so long since we won a league title,” he explained. “Even in recent years, Liverpool haven’t won as many trophies as they should do for such a big club.

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“Even for us now – we are a young team, we are improving but the chances we have given ourselves? We have to put that right. We have to get over the line in one of them.”

Jurgen Klopp’s side lost last season’s Champions League Final of course, when Real Madrid took advantage of what seemed a cynical foul by Sergio Ramos to put Mohamed Salah out of the game.

They also couldn’t get over that final hurdle in the 2016 League Cup Final, beaten on penalties by Manchester City , or later that season in the Europa League showpiece, when they led Sevilla at half-time, then conceded three heart-breaking goals.

Liverpool had to settle for runners-up medals after last season's Champions League adventure (Image: Getty)

Milner revealed he is determined to change their luck.

“I have been to three finals since I have been here, lost them all and I am desperate to put that right. It’s a memory you will never forget," he said.

“You are proud to have played in the European Cup Final, but you don’t go there to lose. Listen, I have loved every minute of my time at Liverpool but to have not won something when we have given ourselves opportunities is difficult to take at this moment.

Another trophy slipped through Milner's fingers against Sevilla three years ago (Image: David Davies/PA Wire)

“It is something I am desperate to put right.”

The Reds still have the chance to avenge last season’s final heartache, after an impressive display against Bayern in Munich on Wednesday saw them stroll comfortably through to Friday's Champions League quarter-finals draw.

Bayern showed Klopp’s men huge respect over the two legs, and now Liverpool are genuinely feared across Europe again —a status Milner believes his team-mates deserve.

Milner despairs after his Reds lose a shootout to Man City in the 2016 League Cup Final (Image: Daily Mirror)

“I’d like to think teams have that respect for us – I think we know how good we can be,” he added. “But whether teams take notice is not really for us to worry about...they take notice after they have played us and we have put them out.”

The Premier League remains Liverpool’s holy grail, with the barren run without a domestic championship stretching back to 1990.

Yet Milner is convinced the current squad is good enough to dream big in the Champions League, too.

Liverpool's last trophy was the 2012 League Cup — and it's famously 29 years since they won the title (Image: Getty)

What he doesn’t want though, is an English opponent in the last eight — although with half the teams left in the competition coming from the Premier League, the odds are against fate granting his wish.

“We are in two competitions and we can manage that, game-wise," he said Milner, whose Reds beat Man City in last season's quarter-finals. "There are positives to being in this competition. We want to win it, for starters. But I don’t particularly want to play any of the others (English clubs), to be honest. It is always a weird feeling playing an English team in Europe.”